December 16th Grooming Report
Joyful Morning!
It’s a lovely, frosty, foggy, but skiable and lovely morning at Trail Creek today. Sure, you could grumble about the early season conditions and lack of recent snow, but there is quite a bit of snow, snow is in the forecast, and skiers are still finding plenty of joy on their Nordic outings.
More joy is happening this morning in West Yellowstone where our IMD skiers are moving rapidly across the snow up there in the 2023-2024 Intermountain Division season opener. The results are coming in live as this report is being posted from a link on the event website. There is also a live webcam from somewhere in West Yellowstone that is showing a lot of activity this morning.
Trail Creek was also showing a bit of activity this morning with a good group of entry level skiers, finding joy in sliding across the snow in the stadium with the help of several of the valley’s Nordic veterans. Additional activity today included multiple Ginzu passes around the Close Field and on Moose Loop with single, snow conserving, Ginzu passes most every other place recently groomed.
Looking ahead, brush cutting and snow shoveling on the trails will continue on a daily basis with major “light” groomings happening on an every other day schedule (Monday for the next one) until snow returns which the forecast indicates could happen as early as Tuesday.
Groomer’s choice for today is to look for joy in your Nordic ski today.
